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萼 — 12 strokes ／ Radical「艹」

道
1University / general (hardest) ／ 12 strokes ／ Radical「艹」
On
ガクがく · gaku
Kun
うてなutena
Meaning
the calyx

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

Grass 艹 with 咢 as phonetic: the cup of sepals that holds a flower.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 萼がく

    the calyx

  • 花萼かがく

    the calyx of a flower

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

花(はな)が落(お)ちて萼(がく)だけ残(のこ)る。

The flower falls and only the calyx remains.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

花萼萼花flower艾mugwor…芒an awn芬fragra…芫a medi…芟to mow…咢to be…愕to be…鄂a plac…瘧ague諤speaki…
CompoundRadicalReading

Compound

Map of radical 艹Map of reading ガクAll maps

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